Los Angeles Times2 hours ago'It's Hollywood magic': Filming for a movie in a downtown L.A. high-rise building spurs 911 callsverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Ruben VivesWhat appeared to be a high-rise fire near 5th and Bixel streets in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night caught the attention of a group of young people, who quickly began recording the disaster unfolding before them to share on social media. The video was livestreamed on Citizen, a public safety …
Los Angeles Times3 hours agoReview: 'Bonhoeffer,' a dramatization of a celebrated theologian's life, makes him a superheroverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Robert AbeleFor filmmakers with points to make about good versus evil (and not necessarily subtle ones), World War II would seem a safe space. Take the shortened life of anti-Nazi German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a voice against intolerance who worked to save Jews, who may have aided people trying to …
Los Angeles Times4 hours agoAll of your questions about the 'Wicked' movie, answeredverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Ashley LeeThis article contains spoilers for the movie “Wicked.” “To be continued.” “Wicked” ends with these three words, leaving audiences to wait a year for resolution. And with a projected opening weekend domestic box office haul of $120 million, that adds up to quite a bit of patience. Until then, there’s …
Los Angeles Times4 hours agoA fateful night in Monterey: Drinking, conservative banter, sexual assault allegations involving Pete Hegsethverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Hannah Fry, Jessica Garrison, Richard WintonOn the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2017, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente called the Monterey Police Department to report that a patient had come in for a sexual assault exam. The woman, the nurse told police, said she had been sexually assaulted four days earlier while at a Republican women’s conference at …
Los Angeles Times4 hours ago'Gladiator II' exaggerates, but historians say the real-life Colosseum was plenty wildverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Tracy BrownLike its predecessor, “Gladiator II” is inspired by history. That doesn’t mean it’s bound by actual historical facts, however. Now in theaters, Ridley Scott’s follow-up to his 2000 epic “Gladiator” follows Lucius (Paul Mescal), the son of Russell Crowe’s warrior Maximus, during the reign of twin …
Los Angeles Times5 hours agoReview: Animals brave the 'Flow' of rising waters in a wordless, animated triumphverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Robert AbeleAnimal welfare becomes the responsibility of the animals themselves in the gorgeous, hypnotic Latvian animated feature “Flow,” in which a solitary cat encounters a catastrophic flood and, along with a dog, a bird, a capybara and a lemur, learns about more than mere survival. Humans are conspicuously …
